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Tulgeen Disability Services
‘Tulgeen’ an Aboriginal work meaning ‘self help in putting things together’
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Tulgeen Disability Services provides In-Home support; Supported Employment and Vocational Training; Day Programs which include Training and Education, Community Access, and Community Participation for people with disability living in the Bega Valley community.
In providing these services Tulgeen is dedicated to promoting dignity, providing motivational leadership and valuing diversity.With a qualified and committed Board of Directors from various backgrounds, an Chief Executive Officer passionate about innovation and excellence, and Managers, Staff, Clients and Employees actively involved in shaping who we are.
History
In 1976 Tulgeen Group originally started out as the Bega Handicapped Workshop after a public meeting held by the patron, Bob Westmacott. In September 1978, as a result of the increasing number of people to support, the first staff was appointed. Over the years staff numbers has grown to be in excess of 90.
The In-home Support service was created as a result of the death of a clients Parent. Tulgeen expanded its accommodation service to incorporate two group homes and a farm due to the transfer from institutional community care in the mid 1980s.
The ‘farm’, originally an Activity Therapy Centre in 1984 expanded to include a Workcrew, farm, and a Nursery. The nursery moved to Bega after the sale of the farm and now operates as the Riverside Nursery and Bega Valley Workcrew.
With the relocation of the ‘farm’ in 1992, the need to provide training and education facilities emerged. It became obvious that employment training, adult literacy and other programs for people who were not placed in employment services were sadly lacking in the community. Tulgeen's TES/Access service opened to fill the gap with day programs and supported leisure activities for people with disability from 18 years of age and above.
Tulgeen services are continually evolving to meet the changing needs of people with disability and their families/carers.Following a strategic planning meeting in 2003, an Organisational Structure Committee was formed and recommended that all client services come together holistically to provide services. Tulgeen Group core service, the Client Services Department now includes In-home Support, TES, Access, and Community Participation. Tulgeen also provides supported employment services across four Australian Disability Enterprises; the Riverside Nursery, Bega Valley Workcrew, Stitches & Prints, and Spindler Street Packaging.
Tulgeen’s funding is provided to meet client goals where possible and to serve the needs of clients in the Bega Valley Shire.
